22-02-2026, 09:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 22-02-2026, 09:26 PM by starschwar.)
@ballisticola I agree with almost everything that you said. That said, Portable Ops does not necessarily claim that Ocelot manipulated Volgin. It sure looks that way, though! And it's arguably a bigger problem that way.
Rather, it was the unidentified "cunning strategist". The problem is, the visual representation of this character is a silhouette derived from artwork that also depicts Ocelot, so you aren't wrong at all in coming to that conclusion. It's one of the most "what the hell were they thinking?!" cases of asset re-use I can think of. I don't know if it's Ashley Wood's fault, or the people who gave him direction on what he was drawing, or if the people who animated the cutscenes just doctored that one sketch, but it's pretty damn reckless.
![[Image: Ocelot_strategist.gif]](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/metalgear/images/c/c2/Ocelot_strategist.gif)
https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Strate...the_scenes
And of course Cunning Strategist never, ever comes up again along with myriad other things that really, really should have. Especially in Peace Walker. And they just don't. Ever.
Rather, it was the unidentified "cunning strategist". The problem is, the visual representation of this character is a silhouette derived from artwork that also depicts Ocelot, so you aren't wrong at all in coming to that conclusion. It's one of the most "what the hell were they thinking?!" cases of asset re-use I can think of. I don't know if it's Ashley Wood's fault, or the people who gave him direction on what he was drawing, or if the people who animated the cutscenes just doctored that one sketch, but it's pretty damn reckless.
https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Strate...the_scenes
And of course Cunning Strategist never, ever comes up again along with myriad other things that really, really should have. Especially in Peace Walker. And they just don't. Ever.
